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===Egypt to Adelaide 29 January - 23 March 1942===
 
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Disembarked in Fremantle 18 Mar 1942 and was AWOL
 
Disembarked in Fremantle 18 Mar 1942 and was AWOL

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History
Name SS Île de France
Builder/Built 1926 Saint-Nazaire
Type Ocean Liner
Displacement 44,356 tons
Speed 23 .5 knots


Remarks

Built for the "French Line" or CGT. The first liner ever to be decorated almost entirely with modern designs associated with the Art Deco style


Ironically, all of the ship's luxurious fittings were removed for its conversion into a prison ship during World War II. After the war, Île de France resumed transatlantic operations. In 1956, she played a key role in rescuing passengers from the SS Andrea Doria after the latter ship's fatal collision with the MS Stockholm off Nantucket. Scrapped in Osaka, Japan, 1959.


Soldiers carried

Egypt to Adelaide 29 January - 23 March 1942

Disembarked in Addu Atoll Maldive Islands & transferred to SS Kosciusko

Disembarked in Fremantle 18 Mar 1942 and was AWOL